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Abu Qir

Abu Qir is the alternative spelling of Aboukir.

Meaning of Aboukir

Proper noun

Aboukir

  1. A village on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt which contains several ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman structures.
  2. A bay outside this village, at the mouth of the Nile, where on 1 August 1798 a British fleet led by Horatio Nelson defeated the French in the Battle of the Nile.

Questions about Abu Qir

What is Abu Qir the alternative spelling of?
Abu Qir is the alternative spelling of Aboukir.

Words near Abu Qir in the dictionary

  1. Abu Dhabian
  2. Abu Dhabians
  3. Abu El Matamir
  4. Abu Grein
  5. Abu Qasim
  6. Abu Qir
  7. Abu Road
  8. Abu Simbel
  9. Abu Suweir
  10. Abu Zabi
  11. Abu Zaby

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Abu Qir (page history and authors); Aboukir (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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